twostepcub's music chart for January 28, 2011...

Hey guys, it's been a long, cold, and snowy week, but I'm home from work, and it's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Katy Perry makes it three week at number-one, while Irish band the Script (pictured above) move within the top-10. Former big hits by Richard Vission and Taylor Swift drop out, while tracks by J786, Martin Solveig, and Robbie Williams make the biggest moves (jumps of 10+ places highlighted in red). Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on the highlighted name of any of the artists below to go to their website for more information, clips, tour dates, and more. Let the shoveling begin!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Firework - Katy Perry (1)
2. Raise Your Glass - Pink (2)
3. Grenade - Bruno Mars (5)
4. Tighten Up - The Black Keys (4)
5. Secrets - OneRepublic (6)
6. For The First Time - The Script (7)
7. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park (3)
8. Give A Little More - Maroon 5 (10)
9. Somewhere With You - Kenny Chesney (13)
10. Miami 2 Ibiza - Swedish House Mafia f/Tinie Tempah (12)
11. Rhythm Of Love - Plain White T's (11)
12. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars (8)
13. Mama's Song - Carrie Underwood (9)
14. Marry Me - Train (18)
15. Put You In A Song - Keith Urban (17)
16. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna (14)
17. Just A Dream - Nelly (15)
18. Animal - Neon Trees (16)
19. Voices - Chris Young (21)
20. Louder (Put Your Hands Up) - Chris Willis (20)
21. Undisclosed Desires - Muse (23)
22. Maybe - Sick Puppies (26)
23. Take Over Control - Afrojack f/Eva Simons (19)
24. You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me - Cher (34)
25. Loca - Shakira f/Dizzee Rascal (25)
26. We R Who We R - Ke$ha (29)
27. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher f/Pitbull (27)
28. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (28)
29. Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine (35)
30. One Hot Pleasure - Erika Jayne (31)
31. Sick Of You - Cake (36)
32. Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce (22)
33. What's My Name - Rihanna f/Drake (38)
34. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (24)
35. You Are - Charlie Wilson (39)
36. Someone Else Calling You Baby - Luke Bryan (41)
37. World So Cold - Three Days Grace (37)
38. Dynamite - Taio Cruz (33)
39. Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias f/Ludacris (47)
40. The Emergency - BT (45)
41. Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri (43)
42. Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant (52)
43. The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas (48)
44. C'mon Get Funky - Ralphi Rosario & Abel Aguilera f/T Wallace (30)
45. Hello World - Lady Antebellum (49)
46. Who's That Chick? - David Guetta f/Rihanna (58)
47. Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour (40)
48. Back To December - Taylor Swift (54)
49. Can't Be Friends - Trey Songz (59)
50. Who Are You When I'm Not Looking - Blake Shelton (53)
51. Hello - Martin Solveig f/Dragonette (71)
52. Bullets In The Gun - Toby Keith (56)
53. Felt Good On My Lips - Tim McGraw (50)
54. Rock Tonight - J786 (76)
55. When A Woman Loves - R. Kelly (55)
56. All In - Lifehouse (51)
57. The Last Days Of Disco - Robbie Williams (77)
58. Turn On The Radio - Reba McEntire (32)
59. Oye Baby - Nicola Fasano f/Pitbull (60)
60. Start A Fire - Ryan Star (62)
61. Let Me Down Easy - Billy Currington (66)
62. Sing - My Chemical Romance (68)
63. Smoke A Little Smoke - Eric Church (67)
64. Closer To The Edge - 30 Seconds To Mars (69)
65. Not Giving Up On Love - Armin Van Buuren f/Sophie Ellis-Bextor (73)
66. Radioactive - Kings Of Leon (44)
67. Memories - David Guetta f/Kid Cudi (42)
68. What Do You Got? - Bon Jovi (61)
69. Hey Sexy Lady - iSquare (74)
70. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (82)
71. Like A G6 - Far East Movement f/Cataracs & Dev (46)
72. The Breath You Take - George Strait (64)
73. I'm Doing Me - Fantasia (75)
74. Parachute - Ingrid Michaelson (78)
75. Sometimes I Cry - Eric Benet (72)
76. What Do You Want - Jerrod Niemann (80)
77. My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean (57)
78. Wildflower - JaneDear Girls (79)
79. Better Than Today - Kylie Minogue (DEBUT)
80. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (94)
81. When We Collide - Matt Cardle (86)
82. Sweet Serendipity - Lee DeWyze (84)
83. This Is Country Music - Brad Paisley (85)
84. From A Table Away - Sunny Sweeney (88)
85. Perfect - Hedley (87)
86. A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & The Scene (DEBUT)
87. Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Izrael Kamakawiwo'ole (91)
88. Mr. Romeo - Emii (90)
89. Stereo Love - Edward Maya f/Vika Jigulina (89)
90. Real - James Wesley (92)
91. Notbroken - Goo Goo Dolls (93)
92. We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun (96)
93. Oui Mais...Non - Mylene Farmer (95)
94. This - Darius Rucker (DEBUT)
95. Lights On - Katy B f/Ms. Dynamite (99)
96. Seek Bromance - Tim/Berg (DEBUT)
97. The Shape I'm In - Joe Nichols (DEBUT)
98. Heartbeat - Enrique Iglesias f/Nicole Scherzinger (DEBUT)
99. Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square (DEBUT)
100. Winter - Unheilig (100)

This week seven new songs debut (highlighted in yellow), and I've included links for previous hits (marked in orange).

The highest entry is by Kylie Minogue, with the third single from last year's excellent Aphrodite album. She's going on tour including American dates, and I've got tickets! She's had six #1 hits in the UK, including two US top-10 hits, "The Locomotion" and "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". Her latest is "Better Than Today"...



Disney alumnus Selena Gomez and her band The Scene place their third consecutive top-40 pop hit (and third top-3 dance hit) with the title track from her sophomore disc, "A Year Without Rain". It follows the dance moves of "Naturally" and "Round And Round", and she'll need the exercise to prepare for running away from all the Justin Bieber fans furious of their budding friendship...



Darius Rucker has cut a nice career path since leaving Hootie & The Blowfish with six country top-20 hits under his belt. The sixth is good enough to match the success of the #1 hits "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" and "Come Back Song". This one is simply "This"...



Swedish DJ Tim Bergling releases records and remixes tracks usually under the moniker Avicii, but his first big success is with a truncated form of his name, Tim Berg. Berg mashed up his instrumental track "Bromance" with another dance track, "The Love You Seek" by Italian DJ Samuele Santini, with vocals by British singer Amanda Wilson, who usually records with faves of mine Freemasons. The resulting hit, "Seek Bromance" was a top-5 hit in Belgium and Holland, and is now gaining steam on US dance radio. His other single (under "Avicii), "My Feelings For You" is pretty awesome as well and worth seeking out...



Now for something completely different - traditionalist country singer Joe Nichols has one of the best male voices currently, and he's scored three #1 singles on that chart with "Brokenheartsville", "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off", and "Gimme That Girl" (from last year). His just-released Greatest Hits CD contains all three, along with this latest single, "The Shape I'm In"...



Enrique Iglesias is climbing the American (and my) charts with "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)", but he's also got a European hit that's a top-5 single in France which also was a top-10 in the UK and a host of other countries. He gets some help with ex-Pussycat Dolls lead Nicole Scherzinger with "Heartbeat"...



Finally country duo Thompson Square have their first country top-20 single with "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"...



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